Charles E Woolf

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 50378

Woolfe was murdered by German civilians on 21 July 1944 after baling out of his crashing B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97350).

Woolfe safely parachuted from the aircraft, landing between Urach and Schollach in Germany, along Frank Miskiak and Meredith Mills. The three flyers were taken as Prisoners of War to Urach and incarcerated in a local police building. The three men were then marched towards Shollach where they were shot by their captors and left dead in the woods.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Meredith H Mills

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 1408483
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Frank Leo Misiak

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36365096
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-97350

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Schollach 21 July 1944 Murdered by German civilians

Born

Palmyra, Pennsylvania, USA

Revisions

Date5 Jun 2021 19:12:10
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ChangesChanges to service number
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28692060

Date5 Jun 2021 19:09:42
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28692060

Date12 Dec 2018 14:09:42
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to biography, events and person associations
Sources

Records from the US Military Tribunal at Dachau, US POW cases, January- December 1947, at the Jewish Virtual Library, Case No. 12-779 (US vs. Heinrich Birnbreier et al) Tried 25 April 47

Nazi crime on 5 US soldiers marks the 70th anniversary (Translated title), German newspaper article on the murder from 2014.

MACR 7276 via Fold 3

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:37
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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